Considering Rhetoric

As we make our way into the next unit of the semester we move from reading essays concerned with home and family to essays concerned with education in the United States. We also move into a closer examination of the rhetoric used in different discourse communities and will consider rhetorical strategies and choices in our own writing.

To that end, please read Michael Moore's "Idiot Nation" from Rereading America for Wednesday. This essay tends to net strong reactions from students, so come fired up and ready to discuss what is happening in this text next period.

You should also collect some of your thoughts in a post due by midnight.

For this week and this reading go ahead and post a general response to the text - write and respond however you want...just be sure and consider your own rhetoric.

**When commenting on each others' blogs this week comment on 2 blogs you have NOT previously commented on.